It is Official: Gearbox is NOT making a Halo Xbox 360 game!

The persistent internet rumor that Gearbox Software was working on a Halo sequel was shot down this morning by the official Halo Waypoint Twitter account. Halo Waypoint is run by 343 Industries at Microsoft and they would know who is working since they are the Halo headquarters at Microsoft.

For the record, Gearbox is NOT working on a Halo title for Microsoft.HaloWaypoint

Currently there are two studios that are officially working on Halo games and one more that is but not talking about it yet. There is Bungie the creators of Halo working on Halo3:ODST and Halo:Reach. Halo : Reach is likely their last Halo game but then again I thought the same thing about Halo 3. There is Robot Entertainment (that is mostly made up of former Ensemble studios folks) that is officially working on Halo Wars updates and DLC. My money is on Robot Entertainment eventually making a Widows port of Halo Wars and Halo Wars 2. The third not official yet but not exactly a big secret developer of a Halo game is Microsoft Games Studios. They have been staffing up and building a game development team and Bungie has said on various podcasts that MS is building a Halo development team. I believe that Halo 4 and Halo 5 will be made here by Microsoft Games Studios by a development team headed by 343 Industries. I would expect Halo 4 for Xbox 360 in holiday 2011 a year after Halo: Reach and two years after Halo3: ODST.

However Gearbox studios is a fine company but the big secret game for a major game brand that they have been teasing was a Duke Nukem prequel game for Cortana’s sake!